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Hello world device driver written in C. The project documents the first steps in learning about device drivers for Linux

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This is a hello world device driver written in C.

The goal of this project to take the first steps in learning about how device drivers work in linux.

Commands to know:

	(list loaded drivers)
	lsmod

	(list a specific driver, if found)
	lsmod | grep "driver_name"

	(insert a driver)
	insmod "driver_name"

	(print kernel messages found at the end)
	dmesg | tail

	(remove a driver)
	rmmod "driver_name"